QGIS for Municipal GIS

Building and Managing Municipal GIS Using QGIS

Technology Stack: QGIS + Municipal GIS datasets

The course follows the same structure and learning objectives as the ArcGIS Pro version, using the open-source QGIS environment.

Course Modules

Module 1: Municipal GIS Fundamentals

• Municipal GIS concepts
• Spatial datasets
• GIS project organization
• Raster/vector data
• CRS

Module 2: Municipal Data Preparation with QGIS

• Data import
• Editing
• Attribute management
• CRS transformation
• Data cleaning
• Layer organization

Module 3: Municipal Mapping & Visualization

• Symbology
• Labels
• Categorized/graduated maps
• Thematic mapping
• Print layouts
• Map export

Module 4: Queries & Spatial Analysis

• Attribute queries
• Spatial queries
• Buffer
• Overlay
• Proximity
• Site selection

Module 5: Municipal Asset Mapping

• Roads
• Water assets
• Streetlights
• Public buildings
• Parks
• Drainage
• Municipal properties

Module 6: Data Quality & Management

• Geometry validation
• Attribute validation
• Duplicate detection
• Data consistency
• Dataset updating

Module 7: Complete Municipal GIS Project

Participants build a municipal GIS project using QGIS.

Hands-on Exercises

Municipal Data → QGIS → Cleaning → Editing → Spatial Analysis → Mapping → Municipal GIS

Software

• QGIS
• Representative municipal datasets

End-to-End Workflow

Municipal Data → QGIS → Data Preparation → Editing → Analysis → Visualization → Municipal GIS Outputs

Complete Practical Outcome

Build a complete open-source municipal GIS project using QGIS.

The audience, prerequisites, duration and training modes remain the same as the ArcGIS Pro version.